Problematic internet use: An overview

World Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-90

  Aboujaoude, Elias ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavior therapy; Comorbidity; Impulse control disorders; Internet; Problematic use

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; ESCITALOPRAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; NALTREXONE; PLACEBO; QUETIAPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHEN INTERNET ADDICTION SCALE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CYBERSEXUAL BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FAMILY THERAPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INTERNET; INTERNET ADDICTION; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; YOUNG DIAGNOSTIC QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG INTERNET ADDICTION TEST;

EID: 79956060780     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2010.tb00278.x     Document Type: Review

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